Presentation in Study Visit Grup.No. 192 (Barcelona), March 2012

1. Social Dimension of Language Learning :
Language of Schooling (Italian Project)
 BARCELLONA Study Visit 2012
 Longlife Learning Programme
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2. FROM COUNCIL OF EUROPE
 The Language Policy Division in Strasbourg launched
this activity with a view to promoting social cohesion
in the follow-up to the 3rd Summit of Heads of State
and Government (Warsaw, May 2005). It is concerned
with the development of effective skills in the
language(s) of instruction which are essential for
successful learning across the whole curriculum.
 Intergovernmental Language Policy Forum
 The right of learners to quality and equity in education –
 The role of linguistic and intercultural competences
 Geneva, Switzerland, 2-4 November 2010
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3. g, even if languages are not the only factor for success or failure and other parameters are involved such as educational traditions, the family’s relatio
uage practices and forms which are specific to teaching and communication concerning the content of the different subjects as part of the knowledge-building process, in that they d
LANGUAGES OF SCHOOLING
 .....They show the importance for educational
success of mastering academic discourse genres,
particularly in the language of schooling, even if
languages are not the only factor for success or
failure and other parameters are involved such as
educational traditions, the family’s relationship to
the written word or to school, the power
relationship between languages and cultures and
the socio-economic circumstances.
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4. ITALY’S
AIMS
 The Italian
• Italian and ITA- L2 : Language
Support for children Proficiency
from migrant Benchmarks –
backgrounds at pre – describing Italian
primary and primary and ITA - L2
school and lower proficiency
secondary school . development
• Minority Languages
(12) – 2 Bilingualism
• Angiolina Ponziano (IT)
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5. Italy’problem : Professional
Developing of Theachers
 Research – Action
Methodology  From cl@ssroom 2.0
Innovative
learning  http://www.youtube.c
environments,
individualization
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and v=iIqws8klKD0&featur
personalization e=related
of learning,
formal non-
formal, digital
learning content,  To Digit@l SCHOOL
teaching  http://youtu.be/VR3vSdZO4
methodologies.
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6. Languages of schooling and plurilingual
and intercultural curricula
 In Italy the Ministry of Education launched a study
and research in the a classrooms of primary school
 by a national meeting in November 2011:
 http://www.istruzione.it/web/istruzione/dettaglio-
news/-/dettaglioNews/viewDettaglio/17253/11210
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7. TOOLS for the Project
 Linguistic autobiography and interviews of students
in the first primary in the family (parents,
grandparents, sisters, brothers, uncles ... more)
 Drawings, registrations, photos, videos, stories,
nursery rhymes in the native language used in family
 Logbook or diary of the teacher (notes,
methodological notes, to discuss teaching ideas with
other teachers and build the work plan – by using
technology as a support)
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8. ICT
 E-twinnig : students (Tools web 2.0)
 CLIL/ Content and Language
Integrated Learning : Teachers (Project
Work and peer education in
professional development).
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9. TOOLS
 iTEC (Innovative Technologies for an Engaging
Classroom) :
An experiment in Europe on the use of technologies for
the construction of learning environments
 DIGITAL PUBLISHING LEARNING :
As part of the National School Digital our Ministry of
Education triggered the action "Digital Publishing
Learning" as an additional instrument to support
teachers and students in the ongoing process of
innovation in learning environments.
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